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Obama lied, earmarks multiplied
19 hours ago ago from Is this blog on?
Another broken promise . Did anyone even believe him when he made this promise? I mean, I knew folks who said the MAIN reason they were voting for Obama was because the Republicans had been fiscally irresponsible. We needed someone who would put a stop to it. Ha ha haa ... they thought Obama was their man! President Obama promised to reduce earmarks down to the 1994 level of 1,318. He then signed into law most of the 10,160 earmarks for ...
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15 hours ago ago from Open Your Eyes News
Reuters The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for a large part of the U.S. government and reflects priorities of Democrats who control Congress and the White House. Read Article
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19 hours ago ago from Budget Insight
House approves $447 billion omnibus spending measure The House voted Thursday to approve half a dozen spending bills contained in one large package, as the chamber races to complete its work before adjourning for the year. The $447 billion measure, which combines six appropriations bills, passed 221 to 202, with 28 Democrats joining all 174 Republicans present in opposing it. Document dump: Concerns with contracting oversight in ...
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Hot Breaking News about House approves 447 billion omnibus spending measure If you like this hot breaking news, why not put what you have think about this hot breaking news by registering yourself and leave a comment for this hot breaking news. Thanks for visiting Los Angeles Times House approves $447 billion omnibus spending measure Washington Post House voted Thursday approve half a dozen spending bills contained one large ...
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15 hours ago ago from Politics in the News
The House on Thursday took a major step toward wrapping up the fiscal 2010 appropriations process when it approved, 221-202, a nearly $450 billion spending package that includes a 2 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees . Rejecting President Obama's recommendation to freeze locality pay at 2009 rates, the House allocated 1.5 percent of the 2.0 percent raise to base pay and 0.5 percent to locality pay. The spending package ...
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Related contentHouse prepares bills on debt ceiling, jobs
3 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.
House Democrats are readying a package of bills for next week that will likely include a significant increase in the federal debt ceiling and tens of billions of dollars for job creation , hoping to clear the decks of two key issues before Congress adjourns for the year. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said Friday that leaders were planning to raise the nation's credit limit by at least $1.8 trillion, a much larger increase ...
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4 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
This $445 billion bill for 2010 covers most of the domestic agencies of government, but not defense. In the first two months of this fiscal year, which began October 1, Uncle Sam is already $292 billion in the red. That's more than in the first two months of last year and at a time when the economy is growing again, so perhaps the President means we need to keep spending our way out of recovery . After the spending bill, Congress will then ...
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2 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
ABC News : Just weeks before returning to their districts for Christmas, Congress is poised to give the gift of pork - roughly $4 billion of it. More than 5,000 earmarks were included in the $447 billion omnibus spending bill passed yesterday by the House, funding "pet projects" of key members of Congress from both parties and all regions of the country. The Senate will vote on the bill this weekend. Read the whole story: ABC News
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11 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON A year after Wall Street failures plunged the nation into recession, the House on Friday passed the most ambitious restructuring of financial regulation since the New Deal. The sprawling legislation gives the government new powers to break up companies that threaten the economy, creates a new agency to oversee consumer banking transactions and shines a light into shadow financial markets that have escaped the oversight of ...
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